{"id":3142,"date":"2017-03-27T23:32:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/creation-de-living-rivers-europe\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:44:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T11:44:38","slug":"creation-de-living-rivers-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/creation-de-living-rivers-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"“Living Rivers Europe” platform launched for the upcoming review of the Water Framework Directive"},"content":{"rendered":"

A coalition of five NGOs including the European Rivers Network (ERN) has launched a platform called \u201cLiving Rivers Europe\u201d to closely monitor the upcoming review process of the EU Water Framework Directive [1].\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On the 22nd March 2017 – the day celebrated at the global level as \u201cWorld Water Day\u201d – an event took place at the European Parliament entitled \u201cThe Water Framework Directive \u2013 Lifeline for European Waters\u201d organised by the Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment.<\/p>\n

The event was chaired by four Members of the European Parliament, from four different political groups, all with a strong interest in this topic: MEP Ulrike Rodust (S&D), MEP Franc Bogovic (EPP), MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE) and MEP Linnea Engstr\u00f6m (Greens).<\/p>\n

The European Commission, represented by Fran\u00e7ois Wakenhut, Director of the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Environment, and stakeholders from both NGOs and industries concerned (Copa Cogeca, Vorarlberger Illwerke AG \u2013 an Austrian Hydropower Company) were invited as speakers.<\/p>\n

The NGO alliance \u201cLiving Rivers Europe\u201d was then officially launched to achieve and secure healthy freshwater ecosystems, with a strong emphasis on the Water Framework Directive review process. \u201cLiving Rivers Europe\u201d will campaign for a better implementation, a stricter enforcement and the upkeep of today\u2019s Water Framework Directive\u2019s standards. You can read more about its objectives here.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiving Rivers Europe\u201d is made up of five international environmental NGOs: the European Anglers Alliance (EAA), the European Environment Bureau (EEB), the European Rivers Network (ERN), the Wetlands International European Association (WI-EA) and the WWF, European Policy Office (WWF EPO).<\/p>\n

For the new platform \u201cLiving Rivers Europe\u201d, this day marked the beginning of a working process that will stretch into the year 2019.<\/p>\n

Read the vision statement of Living Rivers Europe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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[1] The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is an EU legislation adopted in 2000 recognising the poor condition of our inland waterways with a legally binding target to achieve good ecological status by 2015. This legislation has contributed to the improvement of water protection in the EU. However, in 2012 the European Commission realised that many Member States would miss the 2015 target as 47% of the EU waters at the time had not reached the good status objectives that were set. A review of this crucial piece of environmental legislation shall take place in 2019 and stakeholders are already getting engaged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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